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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 731
PUBYAC Digest 731
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Recorded book kits
by Nukla46@aol.com
2) Re: Pilkey's Super Diaper Baby--what do you think?
by Adrienne Furness <adge73@yahoo.com>
3) Re: YA Programming questions...
by Cassie Wilson <cwilson2@kent.edu>
4) Re: american girl program
by Amazontippy@aol.com
5) Re: YA Programming questions...
by Amazontippy@aol.com
6) Re: YA Programming questions...how 'bout Elvis?
by Amazontippy@aol.com
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From: Nukla46@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Recorded book kits
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:23:55 CDT
Educational Records Company (ERC) has tons of read-a-longs. They are online
at www.erckids.com.
Nancy Kukla
Roxboro Elementary School
Cleveland Hgts, OH
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From: Adrienne Furness <adge73@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Pilkey's Super Diaper Baby--what do you think?
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:24:03 CDT
We were getting requests for Super Diaper Baby before
it was even published, so we started out with two
copies, and I've just ordered two more. I haven't had
any negative reactions yet. I've had quite the
opposite, in fact. The kids say they love it, and the
only parent who has said anything about it mentioned
how much her kids enjoy the series. In my library,
parents who might object to a book like this monitor
their children's reading and wouldn't even let them
check it out. My husband and I have read all the
Captain Underpants books over the last couple months,
including this one, and we think they're funny. There
is a little more to them than the obvious potty jokes,
and these are the only books some of the boys who come
into my library will read.
Adrienne Furness
Maplewood Community Library
Rochester, NY
--- Lu Benke <lubenke@julip.fcgov.com>
wrote:
>
> Dav Pilkey's Adventures of Super Diaper Baby is
> getting us thinking
> about how to handle reactions to putting it in our
> collection. Evidently
> the local school district is already handling
> complaints. What has been
> the reaction in your library? Have any of you opted
> to not put it in your
> collection? Why or why not?
>
> Thanks so much for sharing your opinions!
>
> Lu Benke email: lubenke@julip.ci.fort-collins.co.us
> Lead Librarian phone: 970.221.6678
> Children's Services fax: 970.221.6398
> Fort Collins Public Library
> 201 Peterson
> Fort Collins, CO 80524
>
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From: Cassie Wilson <cwilson2@kent.edu>
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Subject: Re: YA Programming questions...
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:24:09 CDT
Julia, The person to talk to Janet Shoup of the Tipp City Library. I am
the
Youth Services
Coordinator in St. Marys and have been pretty lucky with my group, but I
think I'm going to have to
rev things up somehow. I think there's a lot of luck involved, really.
If
you happen to appeal to
the right kids, you get some devoted followers who will also (you hope) be
talented and creative and
interested in helping. I'm talking about an advisory group, of course,
which I didn't make clear.
Most of my program revolves around those kids in the advisory group because
we've been expanding
(come see our refurbished and expanded building!) and haven't had a place to
have any real
programming. We've had a euchre tournament, book sharings, a magic show
(performed by one of the
teens), a bocce game, lots of silly meetings when nothing got done but
talking and goofing around
(because sometimes, that's what the kids need), and so on. We usually have
between 8 and 12 kids
show up. We have 30 or so sign up for the summer reading program although
many of them never do
anything more. Because of the goof off meetings, perhaps, or maybe because
they just get too cool,
the kids seem to drop out when they get to high school. Also, choosing the
wrong night can make all
the difference in attendance. Somtimes, you just can't figure out what
went
wrong. You have to
advertise a lot and even grab the kids who do come in at other times by the
arm and say, "hey, we
have this neat event coming up. .. ." Grab parents, too, because
they're
the ones who usually have
to get the kids there. Get ideas from the kids as to what they want to do,
and help them carry the
ideas out. They like to do programs for the little kids, too.
We only do the free advertising, like newspaper articles,
radio, and
cable. Posters.
Announcements at school. Signs all over the library.
Feed them as well as you can possibly afford to.
What kinds of programs did you do in the past that were
successful?
Kids now are different in lots of ways and harder to
entertain, maybe,
but they still love to be
listened to, to rebel and be silly.
Lots of good luck---Cassie Wilson
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From: Amazontippy@aol.com
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Subject: Re: american girl program
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 19:04:29 CDT
At Mt.Greenwood lib.in Chicago, there is a Am.Girl tea party 3x a year. I
started the program 5 years ago, and it's still going strong. There is a
fancy sign-in book complete with a pink feather pen-, intro. activity
where
the girls sit in a circle and intro. themselves, 3 crafts,
snacks-in-between,
and a boistrious game of "Who's the Leader", (a girl scout game) to
top off
the afternoon. I'd be happy to send details...
Arlene F. Badillo
Beverly Branch Library
Chicago Public Library
amazontippy@aol.com
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From: Amazontippy@aol.com
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Subject: Re: YA Programming questions...
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 19:04:36 CDT
You know, it's funny, some people automatically think negatively of teens-
I'm glad that you are trying to reach them. My branch head & I began a
program called
"Family Night" (for all ages)-that lasted 6 years-Every Thurs. eve.
We'd
have
an informal storytime, crafts & snacks. Many times during the winter,
we'd
set up hot chocolate at a table, because teens who were "hanging out"
at the
library-keeping warm, no doubt, would stop in. Like all teens, hardly
dressed for the weather, they'd warm up and often try their hand at the
crafts we had planned. I enjoyed their company, and when I return to that
lib. after my MLS, I will continue where I left off.
Arlene F. Badillo
Chicago Public Library
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From: Amazontippy@aol.com
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Subject: Re: YA Programming questions...how 'bout Elvis?
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 19:04:42 CDT
I think if I were going to show a movie, I'd pick something really crazy-
like an Elvis movie marathon- Please forgive me, but I think kids lives are
so "structured" now-a-days-
School pressure, organized sports, school clubs, blah, blah, blah.
My
19-year old was watching an 80's flick, "Girls just wanna have fun",
the
other day. Maybe, sometimes teens just want to have fun-for no reason at
all, if just to have fun. So, I would do a little research and find out
what's happening with that age group- (It used to be easy for me when my
daughter was YA) -But, that's what I'd do. I show some off-the-wall movie
(maybe a beach party type one-in the summer) and see what happens. And, of
course, have books displayed along the same theme as the film. I'm still
in
lib. school, so I'm relatively new at this, too. Best of luck-
Arlene F. Badillo
Chicago Public Library
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